Improvement in whip and rein holder



J. W. WEDDEL.

WHIP AND REIN HOLDER.

WITNESSES: INVEIITDB:

ATTURNEYS.

NPERS, PHOTO-HTHOGRAPMER. WASHINGTON. D C

UNITED STATES JOHN W. WEDDEL, OF FREEPORT, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN WHIP AND REIN HOLDER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 185,605, dated December 19, 1876; application tiled November 25, 1876.

To all whom it may concer/n:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. WEDDEL, of

Freeport, in the county of Stephenson and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Combined Rein-Holder and Whip- Socket, ot' which the following is a specification:

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l represents a sectional side elevation of my improved reinholder and whip-socket, and Fig. 2 is a top view of the same.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention relates to a combined reinholder and whip-socket, by which both the reins and whip, or either one, are securely retained, the device being applied rigidly to lthe edge ot' the dash-board.

The invention consists of an upright semi cylindrical socket-plate that is attached by a bottom socket and side plate to the dashboard, holding the reins by a guided and spring-act d plate, sliding between the 'fastening side plate and socket-plate, and holding the whip by a curved and t'ulcrumed front socket-plate at the top, and a sliding and spring-acted butt-ring at the bottom.

In the drawing, A represents a vertical socket-plate of semi-cylindrical shape, and curved and cut in suitable manner to present an ornamental appearance.

rlhe rocket shapeAis cast in one piece, with a horizontal bottom socket, B, and'with an upright extension-plate, C, ofthe same, by which the device is applied tirmly by suitable fastening-screws to the ed ge ofthe dash-board. An open space is provided between the socket-plate A and Afasteningplate O, which is utilized for arranging the rein-holder D, that moves parallel to plate A by spring-acted guide-rods a, which slide in socket-holes a of the plate G.

The fastening-plate C is made in two sec- `tions, ot' which one section, C', is screwed on PATENT OFFICE.

curved at the upper end to admit the ready insertion ot' the reins, which are firmly secured by the pressure of' the rein-holder D against socket-plate A. The whip is secured by a curved socket-plate, A', that is fulcrumed to about the middle part of the socket-plate, and acted upon at the lower end by a springacted ring-plate or other support, D, for the butt of the whip. The ring or plate D slides by a guide rod, D', in the perforated bottom socket B, and presses the lower end ot' the swinging socket-plate A outwardly, and the upper outwardly-curved end toward the Iixed socket-plate A. When the whip is inserted the upper end of plate A is spread open, and then pressed bythe spring-pressure oi' the butt-supporting ring tirnily on the Whip, the ring serving in the double capacity of support t'or the butt of the whip and of spring to the binding socket-plate A. Thus a very cheap, simple, and effective rein and whip holding device is furnished.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by LettersPat ent= 1. A combined rein-holder and whip-socket, composed ot' a xed socket-plate, A, attached to the dash-board, and ot' a sliding and spring acted rein-holder at one side, and a swinging and spring-pressed socket-plate A at the other side, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination ol' lixed socket-plate A, bottom extension B, fastening' side plate O C', and sliding and spring-acted rein-holder D, substantially as specitied.

3. The combination ot' iixed socket-plate A, bottom extension B, swinging socket-plate A', and sliding and slning-acted butt-supporting ring or plate D, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN NVESLEY WEDDEL.

Witnesses JOHN BEA, SAMUEL ZIEBAcH. 

